Frank Dikötter says a Communist siege of Changchun led to 160,000 civilian deaths

What was said

""This is what happens in Changuin, one of the very large cities in Manuria, uh where during an 8month siege, nobody's allowed to leave with the result that 160,000 ordinary civilians die of hunger and disease until that city just falls.""

Frank Dikötter describes Communist forces in Manchuria using siege tactics to starve cities into surrender. He cites an eight-month siege of Changchun (captioned as “Changuin”) during which, he says, civilians were not allowed to leave and 160,000 “ordinary civilians” died of hunger and disease before the city fell.